GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Gonzaga 78, Santa Clara 61
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. - Brynna Maxwell scored 17 points to lead a balanced attack and Yvonne Ejim had a double-double and No. 20 Gonzaga defeated Santa Clara 78-61, the Bulldogs' ninth-straight win.
Ejim had 16 points and 12 rebounds, splitting 20 points with Maxwell in the second half to help keep the lead in double figures after a red-hot first half.
Kaylynne Truong scored 15 points with seven assists and McKayla Williams had 13 points with five assists for Gonzaga (16-2, 6-0 West Coast Conference).
Tess Heal scored 14 points for the Broncos (10-8, 1-4) and Oliva Pollerd added 10.
Gonzaga made 7 of 13 3-pointers and shot 55% (17 of 31) to take a 41-28 halftime lead. The Broncos only went 2 of 11 behind the arc and shot 39%.
Truong, who made three of the long shots, opened the game with a 3 and the Bulldogs never trailed. She had back-to-back triples to open a 15-0 run that made it 21-4 and it was 24-10 after one quarter.
Gonzaga shot just 30% in the second half, going 2 of 13 behind arc, but made 15 of 16 free throws. Maxwell, the nation's leader at 98%, was 5 of 5.
January 7, 2023
| Santa Clara | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| O. Pollerd | F | 26 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| T. Heal | G | 33 | 6-14 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| L. Pritchard | G | 28 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| A. Hiraki | G | 27 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| L. Edmanson | G | 21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| M. Hudgins | 26 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| A. Johnson | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| A. Maldonado | 11 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| J. Cadee | 10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| G. Grigoropoulou | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 195 | 23-60 (.383) |
9-10 (.900) |
6-25 (.240) |
9-30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 61 | |
| Gonzaga | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| Y. Ejim | F | 27 | 6-15 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 6-12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| E. Hollingsworth | F | 26 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 2-7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| K. Truong | G | 34 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 3-7 | 0-4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| M. Williams | G | 30 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| B. Maxwell | G | 26 | 5-12 | 5-5 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| C. Stokes | 20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| E. Little | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| D. Burton | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| P. Muma | 8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-64 (.422) |
15-16 (.938) |
9-26 (.346) |
16-43 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 78 | |
Officials: Charles Gonzalez, Kenneth Nash,
